The Hugoverse

[WP] "Are you lost?" I asked the wandering man. "No, not lost," he replied, staring past me as he spoke, "but where am I?" [ Link to post .] I noticed him when he first walked out of the bathroom. I took the day off, so I sat at the food court in the mall enjoying a pizza. Everyone was either in school or at work, leaving the majority of the mall empty. I'd been sitting there close to an hour, but did not see him go into the restroom. He came out with his eyebrows dripping, he must have washed his face. His neck turned this way and that as his eyes darted around the mall. He reached into the pocket of his blue jeans and pulled out an old style flip phone. I sighed, and knew he would need help. I closed the pizza box but left it on the table, then went to lend a hand.  "Are you lost?" I asked the wandering man.  "No, not lost," he replied, staring past me as he spoke. "But, where am I?" I chuckled and extended a han...

Eva calls her ability to travel between dimensions "Slip," and Slip is totally boring because every dimension is almost exactly the same until one day, one minor difference changes everything. [ Link to post .] Eva stepped out of her blue shimmering portal and stared around at the park, then sighed. She always landed in the park, no matter which Earth she landed on. She slid off her backpack and rooted around in it, then pulled out her notepad and pen. After hefting the sack on her back again, she looked around at the strangers enjoying the sunshine. She spotted a handsome man sitting on a bench alone watching people. He wore blue jeans and a black t-shirt. She smiled to herself when she spotted a tattoo on his forearm. "He'll do." Eva walked toward the man. He did not notice her until she stood in front of him. "Hi. I'm Eva, and I'm conducting a poll about current events. Do you mind if I asked you some questions?" Her speech was pr...